Harvest-home

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harvest-home \Har"vest-home"\ (-h[=o]m), n.
     1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time
        of harvest.
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              Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. --Shak.


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     2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of
        the harvest; the feast itself. --Dryden.
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     3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church
        of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
        United States.
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     4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. --Shak.
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